1. Causes of the Civil War
... of slavery. Many wanted to abolish the practice, including many whites. Some of the most famous abolitionists were Fredrick Douglas, who founded the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star n 1847, William Lloyd Garrison, who began the anti-slavery society Liberator in 1821, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852. Some believed that it would take bloodshed to ... because of that, had a tradition of impressive military leaders. Both sides spent weeks thinking over the military strategy which would capitalize on their strengths and win them the war. Jefferson Davis, w...
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